tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post1352633073950574354..comments2016-12-09T08:49:00.359-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Where Comparisons Between the Movie "Lincoln" and Education Reform Go HaywireJim Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-2904818619870533662012-12-05T12:16:11.124-05:002012-12-05T12:16:11.124-05:00Dear Ruth, It is not my intention to belittle any...Dear Ruth, It is not my intention to belittle any effort to end the &quot;war on our precious children&quot; and our teachers, too. The sad truth is that after a very successful first effort to confront the people running the war on our children and teachers, SOS was hijacked by the same people who are now cutting deals to spread the rotten Common Core and the poisonous teacher eval schemes that drive stakes into the heart of the teacher-student relationship by turning kids into assets or liabilities. <br /><br />My alternative, if you haven&#39;t noticed already: Engage any non-violent strategy or tactic that is required to eradicate high stakes testing from our schools. Once we do that, there are many things on my agenda, but none is possible until that happens. <br /><br />In regards to my commenting from the comfort of my home, I stood during most the Q&amp;A, with my hand up when responders finished, but the moderator, who is engaged in perpetuating the corrupt and immoral system that I am railing about (when she is not pretending to do otherwise), chose to pick questioners who were more friendly to her compromise and appease strategy--and more friendly, too, to the State&#39;s support of corporate welfare charter schools. So I tried to ask the very question that I asked on my blog. Sorry I did not get a chance that evening. <br /><br />Re your work in support of Staten Island schools, post-Sandy, I always applaud good charity work, and I will happy to send you a check if you will tell me where to send it. Jim Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-44193798628388776882012-12-05T10:13:56.990-05:002012-12-05T10:13:56.990-05:00I was happy to see you the other night at this CPS...I was happy to see you the other night at this CPS event in Brookline. I do so was hoping that you would had shared your insights and views on your position as to how you propose this monstrous attacks on our public schools be confronted, instead, your comments in the form of Monday morning quarterbacking from the comfort of your home is not what I was hoping to read. This war on our precious children requires so much, and I find it disconcerting how some elements choose to engage in actions that belittle the work I am doing without offering any alternatives of their own. I wish that you had shared this analysis at the session during the conversation period. SOS is not just directing it&#39;s &quot;Planks&quot;&#39;, your might want to consider joining the campaign to help the schools that were affected by hurricane Sandy, and lots of other causes many of us are engaged daily.Ruth Rodriguez-Fayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198556804746653673noreply@blogger.com